Four Sides of the City Are in Flower
Bala Kanda, Doha 212
Doha 212 · Movement 2 of 2
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Flower gardens, fruit orchards, and deep green woods encircle Mithila on all four sides. The city does not end abruptly at walls, but opens outward through cultivated beauty.
Countless birds make their homes in branch and grove. Some trees stand in flower, others bend with fruit, and tender new leaves catch the moving light between them.
The landscape appears prepared for a meeting larger than civic splendour. Sita's city is ringed with fertility, song, and fresh growth as Ram approaches, while every direction offers a living threshold. Soft wings stir continuously among the leaves.
Mithila waits inside four horizons of blossom, fruit, tender leaf, and birdsong.
Read the passage from the Manas
सुमन बाटिका बाग बन बिपुल बिहंग निवास। फूलत फलत सुपल्लवत सोहत पुर चहुँ पास।।212।।
Flower gardens, orchards, and forests, homes to countless birds. Blooming, fruiting, rich with tender leaves, they graced the city on all four sides.